Learning Central Focus

Deborah Layzell Illinois State University Lesson Plan Model1 Lesson Title/#:

Grade Level: Learning Central Focus Central Focus What is the central focus for the content in the learning segment? Content Standard What standard(s) are most relevant to the learning goals? Student Learning Goal(s)/ Objective(s) Skills/procedures What are the specific learning goal(s) for student in this lesson? Concepts and reasoning/problem solving/thinking/strategies2 What are the specific learning goal(s) for students in this lesson? Prior Academic Knowledge and Conceptions What knowledge, skills, and concepts must students already know to be successful with this lesson? What prior knowledge and/or gaps in knowledge do these students have that are necessary to support the learning of the skills and concepts for this lesson?

1 The lesson plan template is intended to be used as a formative process prior to a candidate’s submission of edTPA materials. The template offers an opportunity for candidates to practice documenting their thinking when planning lessons leading up to the learning segment they will teach for edTPA. Lesson plans with this level of detail are not necessary and should not be submitted as part of edTPA. It is intended to prepare candidates to articulate their thinking and justification for plans when responding to the Planning Task commentary prompts 2 The prompt provided here should be modified to reflect subject specific aspects of learning. Language here is mathematics related. See candidate edTPA handbooks for the “Making Good Choices” resource for subject specific components. Deborah Layzell Illinois State University Common Errors, Developmental Approximations, Misconceptions, Partial Understandings, or Misunderstandings What are common errors or misunderstandings of students related to the central focus of this lesson? How will you address them for this group of students?

Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks Description of what the teacher (you) will be doing and/or what the students will be doing. Launch ______Minutes

How will you start the lesson to engage and motivate students in learning?

Instruction ______Minutes

What will you do to engage students in developing understanding of the lesson objective(s)?

How will you link the new content (skills and concepts) to students’ prior academic learning and their personal/cultural and community assets?

What will you say Deborah Layzell Illinois State University and do? What questions will you ask?

How will you engage students to help them understand the concepts?

What will students do?

How will you determine if students are meeting the intended learning objectives?

Structured Practice and Application ______Minutes

How will you give students the opportunity to practice so you can provide feedback?

How will students apply what they have learned?

How will you determine if students are meeting the intended learning objectives?

Closure ______Minutes

How will you end the lesson? Deborah Layzell Illinois State University Differentiation Whole Class: / Planned Support

How will you Groups of students with similar needs: provide students access to learning based on individual and group needs?

How will you Individual students: support students with gaps in the prior knowledge that is necessary to be successful in this Students with IEP’s or 504 plans: lesson?

Strategies for responding to common errors and misunderstandings, developmental approximations, misconceptions, partial understandings, and/or misunderstandings:

Student Interactions

How will you structure opportunities for students to work with partners or in groups? What criteria will you use when forming groups?

What Ifs

What might not go as planned and how can you be ready to make adjustment? Deborah Layzell Illinois State University Theoretical Principles and/or Research– Based Best Practices

Why are the learning tasks for this lesson appropriate for your students?

Materials

What materials does the teacher need for this lesson?

What materials do the students need for this lesson?

Academic Language Demand(s): What language function do you want students to develop in this lesson? What must students understand in order to be intellectually engaged in the lesson? What content specific terms (vocabulary) do students need to support learning of the learning objective for this lesson

What specific way(s) will students need to use language (reading, writing, listening and/or speaking) to participate in learning tasks and demonstrate their learning for this lesson?

What are your students’ abilities with regard to the oral and written language associated with this Deborah Layzell Illinois State University lesson?

How will you support students so they can understand and use the language associated with the language function and other demands in meeting the learning objectives of the lesson?

Assessments: Describe the tools/procedures that will be used in this lesson to monitor students’ learning of the lesson objective(s). Attach a copy of the assessment and the evaluation criteria/rubric in the resources section at the end of the lesson plan. Type of assessment Description of assessment Modifications to the assessment so Evaluation Criteria - What evidence of (Informal or Formal) that all students could demonstrate student learning (related to the learning their learning. objectives and central focus) does the assessment provide?

Analyzing Teaching To be completed after the lesson has be taught What worked? What didn’t? For whom?

Adjustments

What instructional changes do you need to make as you prepare for the Deborah Layzell Illinois State University lesson tomorrow?

Proposed Whole class: Changes.

If you could teach this lesson again to Groups of students: this group of students what changes would you make to your Individual students: instruction?

Justification

Why will these changes improve student learning?

What research/ theory supports these changes?

Resources:

Attach each assessment and associated evaluation criteria/rubric.